Patents by Inventor Eric M. Rusch

Eric M. Rusch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Impact tool and anvil with blind hole tool element retention
    Patent number: 12629801
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing, an anvil extending from the housing, the anvil including a body rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drive end portion configured to receive a tool element over a distal end thereof, and a blind bore extending partially through the drive end portion of the anvil in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The impact tool also includes a retainer configured to at least partially surround the tool element, the retainer having a post configured to extend through the tool element and into the blind bore to inhibit removal of the tool element from the distal end of the anvil, and a drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to intermittent applications of torque to the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric M. Rusch, Jacob P. Schneider, Mackenzie J. Nick, Andrew D. Bendtsen, Anton J. Gumina
  • IMPACT TOOL AND ANVIL WITH BLIND HOLE TOOL ELEMENT RETENTION
    Publication number: 20240278393
    Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing, an anvil extending from the housing, the anvil including a body rotatable about a longitudinal axis, a drive end portion configured to receive a tool element over a distal end thereof, and a blind bore extending partially through the drive end portion of the anvil in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The impact tool also includes a retainer configured to at least partially surround the tool element, the retainer having a post configured to extend through the tool element and into the blind bore to inhibit removal of the tool element from the distal end of the anvil, and a drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor to intermittent applications of torque to the anvil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Eric M. Rusch, Jacob P. Schneider, Mackenzie J. Nick, Andrew D. Bendtsen, Anton J. Gumina